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she is the chief medical officer of the john h. stroger jr. hospital of cook county. she was interim chief medical officer of the cook county medical services. she received her undergraduate degree and her medical degree from the college of medicine. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. as a chief medical officer, i confront, on a daily basis, our country's failure to provide universal access to health care and the right to which i believe everyone is entitled. every single day people without a position line up from -- line up across the street from our hospital. hundreds of people a week, tens of thousands a year. the standout in the wee hours of the morning, hoping to be the 120 to 200 people we will be seeing that day, even better hoping to be one of the 12 patients assigned to a primary- care physician and given appointments. they hope to be one of the lucky ones to get position of their very own. our current influenza epidemic highlights the vulnerabilities of our current world for health care delivery. too few people have access to a primary-care p
she is the chief medical officer of the john h. stroger jr. hospital of cook county. she was interim chief medical officer of the cook county medical services. she received her undergraduate degree and her medical degree from the college of medicine. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. as a chief medical officer, i confront, on a daily basis, our country's failure to provide universal access to health care and the right to which i believe everyone is entitled. every single...
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i love john roberts except for one decision. george w. bush is some great things. i will tell you what. he completely muddied the brand when it came to what was our core issue, that we are a party of small government. if you give the american people a choice between voting for a big government republican or a big government democrat they will vote for the big government democratic every single time. what george w. bush did over eight years is destroying our brands. he is a conservative guy. george w. bush is no conservative. >> you really know how to work the crowd. i am impressed. >> they believe we should be the party of small government. >> i believe that rothko offered an article in the late bush years saying the main public bush's but he was a conservative. joseph the only conservative that believes that republicans should see the party is small government. you have a different take. the you enhanced the believe that there ought to be a new consensus. i want you to talk a little bit about that and the fact that in the 2012 election you have said that it is the
i love john roberts except for one decision. george w. bush is some great things. i will tell you what. he completely muddied the brand when it came to what was our core issue, that we are a party of small government. if you give the american people a choice between voting for a big government republican or a big government democrat they will vote for the big government democratic every single time. what george w. bush did over eight years is destroying our brands. he is a conservative guy....
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maybe it comes from his college football days as defensive back under the legendary john galardi. i always tease him and that he made up for modest talents with extraordinary dedication and a high threshold for pain. this does remind me of the one topic that we will never agree, biking versus bears. -- vikings versus bears, and there's another reason we all love him so much, and that is his decency, his respect for those around him. ask any of the staff that are here today, and they will tell you despite the unbelievable pressures of service at this the first to think about a colleague, or write a hand- written note to say thank you, or to ask about your family. that is the spirit that i want in this white house. this, of course, is reflected in his incredible love for his own family, liam, teddy -- i know that dad has been at work a lot during the week and on weekends, and i guarantee he would much rather be with you than with me, but the next job he will have will be demanding, two, but the one reason he does this is because he wants to make sure this world is a better place for
maybe it comes from his college football days as defensive back under the legendary john galardi. i always tease him and that he made up for modest talents with extraordinary dedication and a high threshold for pain. this does remind me of the one topic that we will never agree, biking versus bears. -- vikings versus bears, and there's another reason we all love him so much, and that is his decency, his respect for those around him. ask any of the staff that are here today, and they will tell...
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hello, john. caller: thanks for taking my call. i love listening to the collar that was on there before, but it confuses me about the rainy day fund. i think we had one of those when bill clinton left office and he gave everyone a $300. host: let's focus on the states. what's going on in illinois? caller: am i on the air right now? host: you are. caller: i'm more concerned about the rainy day fund down how the republicans wasted the rainy day fund that clinton buildup. at the statesok with the budget shortfalls. we have been talking about state surplus. illinois, new jersey, arizona, and nevada topping that list according to 24-7 wall street. on the republican line the, what issues are praising him out in california. caller: every time i hear someone say "just real quick," they ramble on. unfunded pension liabilities is a big issue. something toset up take a deep spending out of the city council's and set this by someone that is not so close to the issue went. host: independent line in illinois. what part are you calling from? call
hello, john. caller: thanks for taking my call. i love listening to the collar that was on there before, but it confuses me about the rainy day fund. i think we had one of those when bill clinton left office and he gave everyone a $300. host: let's focus on the states. what's going on in illinois? caller: am i on the air right now? host: you are. caller: i'm more concerned about the rainy day fund down how the republicans wasted the rainy day fund that clinton buildup. at the statesok with the...
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john said i think the debate has been stifled. because we have created this conservative group think over 30 years. it has become more and more narrow. it would allow all of our primary presidential candidates being asked if he would take a 10 to one d zero on spending cuts to taxes and everybody is afraid to talk about regulation. >> quoting reagan and buckley -- [talking over each other] >> liberals believe you manage the government from the top down and we believe you manage the economy from the bottom up. we are managing ideas from the top down. you want to talk about why everybody is talking about her? because there are 20 or 30 conservative proposals out there. talk about 1993, i was going to run for congress in 1994. in 1993, i went around the things like this and there was so much excitement out there because it wasn't just a talk radio guy that everybody listens to or a news channel that everybody listens to or a website that everybody went to. you would get a great welfare reform idea in michigan. you get great time -- c
john said i think the debate has been stifled. because we have created this conservative group think over 30 years. it has become more and more narrow. it would allow all of our primary presidential candidates being asked if he would take a 10 to one d zero on spending cuts to taxes and everybody is afraid to talk about regulation. >> quoting reagan and buckley -- [talking over each other] >> liberals believe you manage the government from the top down and we believe you manage the...
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john, you want to start? >> sure, that is part of the way a leader sells its policies, through an illustrative anecdotes that seems to connect and resonate with people -- through illustrative anecdotes that seem to connect in resonate with people. there will be a great many more of these stories about what happened and happens in the medical profession that obamacare has implemented that we cannot even imagine yet. >> i'm all for it. >> we do have to tell the doctor sorry, for instance. a tool be hard, but we have to tell americans that we cannot just take from providers. talk to any physician that operates, the works day in and day out, and they will tell you they will just opt out of medicare. >> you need stories, but you also have to have answers to the other kind of story. this goes back to the previous question about when you're talking about policy at the local level, if you look at the health-care debate, there are a lot of people in the united states of america who do not have health insurance and can
john, you want to start? >> sure, that is part of the way a leader sells its policies, through an illustrative anecdotes that seems to connect and resonate with people -- through illustrative anecdotes that seem to connect in resonate with people. there will be a great many more of these stories about what happened and happens in the medical profession that obamacare has implemented that we cannot even imagine yet. >> i'm all for it. >> we do have to tell the doctor sorry, for...
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signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we thank you once again that we, your creatures, can come before you and ask guidance for the men and women of this assembly. send your spirit of peace as they visit their families and constituencies back home. may their hears and hearts be -- ears and hearts be open to listen to those whom they represent. bless the people of this great nation with wisdom, knowledge and understanding that they might be responsibly participate in our american democracy by making their interests known to their representatives. please keep all who work for the people's house in good health that they might faithfully fulfill the great responsibility given them and their service to the work of the capital. bless us this day and every day and may that is done here be done for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: t
signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we thank you once again that we, your creatures, can come before you and ask guidance for the men and women of this assembly. send your spirit of peace as they visit their families and constituencies back home. may their hears and hearts be -- ears and hearts...
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luke messer and john delaney will join us. our guests also included jay peter fan of the atlantic council. will discuss the influence of terrorist groups in north africa. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> one cannot count the times that americans that we're the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say! of all the countries in the world? everyone thinks their country is pretty good. why do we have to believe that we are the best? what does that mean? why do we have to assert it all the time? what does it mean to other people who consume it? american products go around the world, information products go around the world, so you are observed by people in every corner of the world, and we teach them not to like us. gratuitously. >> author, activist, and transafrica founder randall robinson taking your calls, e- mails, facebook comments, and tweets. "in depth" live on sunday at noon eastern on c-span2. >> of georgia o'keeffe was really the first well-known woman artis
luke messer and john delaney will join us. our guests also included jay peter fan of the atlantic council. will discuss the influence of terrorist groups in north africa. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> one cannot count the times that americans that we're the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say! of all the countries in the world? everyone thinks their country is pretty good. why do we have to believe that we...
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and senator john kerry, designated to be the secretary of state, responded. here's a portion from yesterday's confirmation hearings. [video clip] >> i know chuck hagel. he is a strong, patriotic former senator and he will be a strong secretary of defense. i have dealt with him in a number of areas. he's been ahead of the atlantic council. some of the things -- and of the efforts to color his approach on some of these things don't do justice. host: you and many others are in opposition to his nomination. guest: i've been urging president obama not to nominate chuck hagel for secretary of defense. there are plenty of mainstream and moderate to liberal democrats as well. president obama won the election and is entitled to have john kerry as secretary of defense. we're not making a fuss about that at all. -- secretary of state, rather. chuck hagel is not in the mainstream. i agree with john kerry that chuck hagel was a strong, patriotic former senator, reason to become secretary of defense. his defense of him was pretty lame. he could not say that chuck hagel was
and senator john kerry, designated to be the secretary of state, responded. here's a portion from yesterday's confirmation hearings. [video clip] >> i know chuck hagel. he is a strong, patriotic former senator and he will be a strong secretary of defense. i have dealt with him in a number of areas. he's been ahead of the atlantic council. some of the things -- and of the efforts to color his approach on some of these things don't do justice. host: you and many others are in opposition to...
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that is general john allen. the fbi uncovered messages from the marine general during its investigation of david petraeus last year. he has been cleared. allegations of professional misconduct were not substantiated by the investigation. the secretary news from the obama administration. the u.s. representative -- u.s. trade representative ron kirk will leave the administration by the end of february. the white house confirmed this. his departure was widely expected after he said last year he was planning to leave and return to his native texas. asked representative, he was responsible for developing and recommending american trade policy to the president. other headlines, this from israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu wins, but it takes a big hit. israel was thrown into political chaos in iraq after and his party suffered a setback in the nation's first elected in four years, but his party did win. he does retain his position. that's the doorpost. another international story. russia is ready with talks -- f
that is general john allen. the fbi uncovered messages from the marine general during its investigation of david petraeus last year. he has been cleared. allegations of professional misconduct were not substantiated by the investigation. the secretary news from the obama administration. the u.s. representative -- u.s. trade representative ron kirk will leave the administration by the end of february. the white house confirmed this. his departure was widely expected after he said last year he...
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john kerry is introduced by elizabeth warren, john mccain, and hillary clinton. a vote on his nomination by the full senate is expected next week. [gavel] >> good morning. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee to consider the next -- the nominee for the secretary of state will come to order. let me, again, ask as i did yesterday, since the full senate has not yet passed the committee resolution sitting members, i ask unanimous consent the returning members to allow our prospective members to participate in today's hearing and if there is no objection, so ordered. let me start with saying you're not at the table yet, senator, but we're going to have you there shortly. wow. what a high priced staff member. let me say, senator kerry -- or should i say, mr. chairman, since you are still our committee's chair, that deeply humbled to preside over the committee today as we consider your nomination. asre honored to welcome you the president's nominee for a position you have most deservedly earned. from the first time you testified before chairman full br
john kerry is introduced by elizabeth warren, john mccain, and hillary clinton. a vote on his nomination by the full senate is expected next week. [gavel] >> good morning. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee to consider the next -- the nominee for the secretary of state will come to order. let me, again, ask as i did yesterday, since the full senate has not yet passed the committee resolution sitting members, i ask unanimous consent the returning members to allow our...
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host: congressman john delaney. let's hear from regina in the apollo, pennsylvania, republican line. caller: i believe you said you were part of a nonprofit organization or company, which means that your goal was to do what you could to pull money out of the federal government, the state government, local government, to get money for your non profit. host: the congressman can clarify his business background. background nonprofits guest: my background is in the private sector. i started two for-profit companies that are public companies and are creating jobs. i also started a nonprofit in maryland called blueprint maryland, it was designed to help put forth a plan to help maryland both the economy and make it more competitive. it was organized as a nonprofit. all the funding for it came from myself, did not take money from anyone to start a nonprofit. the point of the non-profit was to look at the competitive situation of maryland. maryland is a state that is overly dependent on federal spending. it is the third most
host: congressman john delaney. let's hear from regina in the apollo, pennsylvania, republican line. caller: i believe you said you were part of a nonprofit organization or company, which means that your goal was to do what you could to pull money out of the federal government, the state government, local government, to get money for your non profit. host: the congressman can clarify his business background. background nonprofits guest: my background is in the private sector. i started two...
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[applause] >> senator john kerry has been confirm bid the senator to be the next secretary of state. three republicans voted no, ted cruz of texas and senator of oklahoma. tonight, george washington university is hosting a role playing simulation dealing with an economic crisis. among the participants is the governor bill richardsons and foorm herb c.e.o. of hewlett-packard. hosted by former cnn chief. earlier today the president called for an over haul of the immigration law. the president made this speech earlier this afternoon and we will have it again at 9:30 here on c-span. >> all of us worked hard for causes way before we got to the white house. so the white house was an enormous push. i think the ladies would agree that the day before you are married to the president-elect, nobody gives a darn what you say. the day after he is the president-elect people think you are brilliant and your cause is very good. [applause] >> c-span's new original series, the first ladies, their public and private lives and they influence on the president. produce bid the white house historical assoc
[applause] >> senator john kerry has been confirm bid the senator to be the next secretary of state. three republicans voted no, ted cruz of texas and senator of oklahoma. tonight, george washington university is hosting a role playing simulation dealing with an economic crisis. among the participants is the governor bill richardsons and foorm herb c.e.o. of hewlett-packard. hosted by former cnn chief. earlier today the president called for an over haul of the immigration law. the...
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john kerry is introduced by elizabeth warren, john mccain, and hillary clinton. a vote on his nomination by the full senate is expected next week. >> good morning. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. let me ask, as i did yesterday, i ask unanimous consent of returning members to allow prospective member to complete -- participate in today's hearing. if there is no objection, it is so ordered. let me start by saying, you are not at the table yet, senator. we will have you there shortly. wow. let me say, mr. chairman, you are still our committees chaired, deeply humbled to preside over the committee today as we consider your nomination. we are honored to welcome you as the president's nominee for a position you have most deservedly earned. the first time you testified before chairman fulbright as a young returning vietnam war hero in 1971 to the day the president nominated and announced your nomination as secretary of state. you may not be aware of it, but you'll be the first member of this panel to send directly to the positi
john kerry is introduced by elizabeth warren, john mccain, and hillary clinton. a vote on his nomination by the full senate is expected next week. >> good morning. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. let me ask, as i did yesterday, i ask unanimous consent of returning members to allow prospective member to complete -- participate in today's hearing. if there is no objection, it is so ordered. let me start by saying, you are not at the table yet,...
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john mccain four years ago only got 31%. if you look at george bush, he received, i think 40%, even though immigration wasn't really on the agenda. it shows that it is somewhat condescending that hispanics are single voters about immigration just because they are immigration. most hispanics like most americans are focused on what leaders going to do for them and the economy and securing their streets and securing their place in the world. that shows in the exit polls, hispanic voters are not single-issue voters. as a republican party we can probably do better by being more welcoming in our rhetoric at times and there is a lot of policies that recognize that we are, not just a nation of immigrants, but a nation of laws. expediting illegal immigration. i have an interpreder the from afghanistan who tries to get a visa but he fails to get a visa because there is not enough visas. he could come here easily lylely but he wants to do the right thing to be a productive citizen. same thing with immigrants that are already here. if t
john mccain four years ago only got 31%. if you look at george bush, he received, i think 40%, even though immigration wasn't really on the agenda. it shows that it is somewhat condescending that hispanics are single voters about immigration just because they are immigration. most hispanics like most americans are focused on what leaders going to do for them and the economy and securing their streets and securing their place in the world. that shows in the exit polls, hispanic voters are not...
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gwen moore, john conyers. madam leader, thank you. and ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your leadership, your passion, your courage to get this bill done. thank you very much. >> our distinguished ranking member of the judiciary committee, who has been fighting this fight and leading the charge for decades as well, mr. conyers. >> thank you so much, madam leader, and to our distinguished whip. before our beloved gwen moore got to congress, steny hoyer and i were introducing the violence against women act. it's gone through a number of iterations and we now have the real version improved over in the senate in which hundreds of groups participated. law enforcement officers, advocates, survivors of this horrible kind of cruelty. and so i am so proud that gwen moore is now with us to get this across the line. i must point out that i am optimistic enough, madam leader, to think that we will get republican support on this bill. and with that spirit, i'm proud to stand with all of you ladies and a couple of guys -- [laughter] >>
gwen moore, john conyers. madam leader, thank you. and ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your leadership, your passion, your courage to get this bill done. thank you very much. >> our distinguished ranking member of the judiciary committee, who has been fighting this fight and leading the charge for decades as well, mr. conyers. >> thank you so much, madam leader, and to our distinguished whip. before our beloved gwen moore got to congress, steny hoyer and i were...
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john certainly has. john's story is well-known to many of us from his youth as the son of a foreign service officer. learning about foreign-policy around the dinner table each night to this service in combat -- his service in combat in vietnam. less well known is the story of this foreign policy work inside dissonant. -- the senate. his 90 overseas trips that he made in 28 years on foreign relations committee, his work to ensure free elections in the philippines, his work with aids in africa, his work as chairman of the new start treaty and his very public and successful diplomatic intervention in afghanistan, pakistan, and sudan. historians will judged his senate years on his impact on foreign policy much the same way so many people recognized ted kennedy's impact on domestic policy. from his many years in the u.s. senate, he has developed a very personal understanding that we represent not just states or governments, but also people. i once asked john why he loves the senate. he said it is the pride he
john certainly has. john's story is well-known to many of us from his youth as the son of a foreign service officer. learning about foreign-policy around the dinner table each night to this service in combat -- his service in combat in vietnam. less well known is the story of this foreign policy work inside dissonant. -- the senate. his 90 overseas trips that he made in 28 years on foreign relations committee, his work to ensure free elections in the philippines, his work with aids in africa,...
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house speaker john boehner is putting footprints on the bill that is going to come before the house tomorrow. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> hard-working taxpayers understand that they have to balance their budgets from every week to every month. they also believe it's time for washington to balance its budget. over the last four years, house republicans have offered plans. our budget plans. we have done our budgets, but it's been nearly four years since the senate has done a budget. most americans believe if you don't do your job, you shouldn't get paid, that is the basis for no budget, no pay. it's time for the senate to act. chairman paul ryan has worked hard with the budget committee to outline the kind of reforms we would put in place to bring real fiscal responsibility here in washington. and the american people understand that you can't continue to spend money that you don't have. it's time for us to come to a plan that will, in fact, balance the budget over the next 10 years. it's our commitment to t
house speaker john boehner is putting footprints on the bill that is going to come before the house tomorrow. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> hard-working taxpayers understand that they have to balance their budgets from every week to every month. they also believe it's time for washington to balance its budget. over the last four years, house republicans have offered plans. our budget plans. we have done...
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luke messer and john delaney will join us. we will also discussed the influence of terrorist groups in north africa. "washington journal" is live on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. ♪ >> higgle we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those forces which are bringing about this suffering. >> the white house is a bully pulpit. you ought to take advantage of it. >> obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. >> will antennas pent-up -- somebody had their own agenda. >> they're so much influence. it would be a shame to waste it. >> i think they serve as a window on the past, to what was going on with american women. >> she becomes the chief confidante. >> she is the only one in the world he can trust. >> many first ladies, they were writers, journalists, they wrote books. >> they are in many cases more interesting as human beings than their husbands. if because they are not first and foremost defined and limited by political ambition. >> dolly was both socially adept and politically savv
luke messer and john delaney will join us. we will also discussed the influence of terrorist groups in north africa. "washington journal" is live on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. ♪ >> higgle we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those forces which are bringing about this suffering. >> the white house is a bully pulpit. you ought to take advantage of it. >> obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. >> will...
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host: john, thanks for your call. reminder, we are going to show you all of the testimony, nearly four hours of john kerry before the senate foreign relations committee, tonight at 8:30 eastern here on c-span. one of the issues that john kerry raised in his opening statement was the u.s. policy towards iran and the issue of containment. here's what he had to say. >> the president has made it definitive. we will do what we must do to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. and i repeat here i repeat here today, our policy is not a containment, it is prevention. the clock is ticking on our efforts to obtain responsible compliance. this administration, working with congress and an unpresence in the international coalition, has put in place crippling sanctions on iran. mr. chairman, you have been a leader in that effort and i know will continue to be. president obama has stated again and again, and i want to emphasize this -- he and i prefer a diplomatic resolution to this challenge, and i will work to give diplomac
host: john, thanks for your call. reminder, we are going to show you all of the testimony, nearly four hours of john kerry before the senate foreign relations committee, tonight at 8:30 eastern here on c-span. one of the issues that john kerry raised in his opening statement was the u.s. policy towards iran and the issue of containment. here's what he had to say. >> the president has made it definitive. we will do what we must do to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. and i...
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on thursday, the hearing for senator john kerry of massachusetts. senator kerry is testifying before the senate foreign relations committee, which he currently chaired. let coverage on c-span and c- span radio at 10 a.m. eastern -- live coverage on c-span and c-span radio at 10 a.m. eastern. and chuck hagel on the senate armed services committee. he is the president's defense secretary nominee. live on january 31 on c-span and c-span radio. >> three meters. >> contact. >> good to see you. >> it is hard to realize now 25 years after apollo-soyuz what the climate was like back then. in a way after the stalin years and the fears, issue and all of that sort of thing, the soviets were very foreign to us, you know? after some of the things that happened, without they were a pretty aggressive people. i would not say monsters, but they probably thought we were monsters. we very quickly broke through that. when you deal with people in the same line of work as you and you are around them for some time, you discover they are human beings. >> this weekend on "a
on thursday, the hearing for senator john kerry of massachusetts. senator kerry is testifying before the senate foreign relations committee, which he currently chaired. let coverage on c-span and c- span radio at 10 a.m. eastern -- live coverage on c-span and c-span radio at 10 a.m. eastern. and chuck hagel on the senate armed services committee. he is the president's defense secretary nominee. live on january 31 on c-span and c-span radio. >> three meters. >> contact. >> good...
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also this week, a vote on the new confirmation of john kerry to begin next secretary of state. next, chuck hagel before the senate armed services committee. that begins thursday at 9:30 am eastern of c-span. >> the first ladies that i am drawn to are the ones on the ground floor, the modern-day first lady that i can identify with the war, eleanor roosevelt, jackie kennedy. they are the women whose stories deal close enough to connect with. many of the women in the higher floors, on the state floor, they seem like characters from a wonderful story because it was such a long time ago. its history and your read about it. to be in their presence seems disconnecting. the first lady's on the ground floor are the ones that i remember. are remember the real stories and i can picture their lives in an incredible way that makes me think about their challenges, struggles, and how they used the space. >> "the first lady's," teaming up with the white house historical association of . airing over two seasons. the season 1 beginning president's day at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span,
also this week, a vote on the new confirmation of john kerry to begin next secretary of state. next, chuck hagel before the senate armed services committee. that begins thursday at 9:30 am eastern of c-span. >> the first ladies that i am drawn to are the ones on the ground floor, the modern-day first lady that i can identify with the war, eleanor roosevelt, jackie kennedy. they are the women whose stories deal close enough to connect with. many of the women in the higher floors, on the...